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FAMILY MEDICINE AND FAMILY PHYSICIANS
October 16-17, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
Arch Gen Intern Med 2017 | Volume 1 Issue 3
Background:
The nursing process is a tool that is
recommended for use by all professional nurses working in
Ghana, in order to provide nursing care. However, there is
currently a limited use of this tool by nurses in Ghana. The
purpose of this research study was to explore the various
factors that influence the utilization of this nursing process.
Method:
An exploratory descriptive qualitative-research
design was employed. Ten participants were involved by
using the purposive sampling method. A semi-structured
interview guide was used to collect the data from the
research participants; and the data were analysed by using
content analysis. One main theme, with five sub-themes,
emerged from the analysis.
Results:
It was found that there are factors, such as nurses
not having a better understanding of the nursing process,
whilst in school; the absence of the care plan in the ward,
as well as the lack of adequate staff, with limited time being
available for coping with contributed to the non-usage of the
nursing process.
Conclusions:
We conclude that the clinical utilization of
the nursing process at the clinical setting is influenced by
lack of understanding of nurses of the nursing process and
care plan as well as lack of adequate nurses and time. We
recommend that the care-plan form be made officially a
part of the admission documents. Furthermore, the nursing
administration should put measures in place to provide
nurses with the needed resources to implement the nursing
process. Additionally, they should ensure that the care-plan
forms and other resources needed by the nurses are regularly
and adequately provided. Nurses should further see the
nursing process as a means of providing comprehensive care
to their patients and addressing their specific problems. They
should therefore make time despite their busy schedules to
use it in order to improve quality of care and the image of
nursing in Ghana.
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joanaagyemanyeboah@outlook.comFactors that influence the clinical utilization of the nursing process at a hospital in Accra, Ghana
Joana Agyeman Yeboah
37 Military Hospital, Ghana